March 9, 2018 Friday

““Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it. “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the LORD your God is giving you.” (Exodus 20:8-12 NKJV)

            My wife reminds me that over the years we didn’t have set aside a Sabbath.  You could say Sunday was our Sabbath but usually we ended up doing rather than resting.  Even when we rested we didn’t really spend a lot of time with God together.  This is something I really regret as I look back.

            God created and designed us to rest after 6 days of work.  We need a time to rest and to rest in God.  We need a time of recreation, or in God, a time of re-creation.  This should be a time when we come together as a family and share in the glory of God.  It pains me so much to have missed this.

            Sabbath is a time of marveling in the Creator and discovering who God is through His reflection shown in creation.  Sabbath is a time of building the unity of our family and celebrating the unity of God.

            Jesus would later remind us that the Sabbath was not for God but for us.  Sabbath is God’s attempt to get us to slow down and not miss the wonders of the creation and life which are a gift to us.  Sabbath is a time to worship God and to celebrate who God is as well as what He has done.

            Notice the next commandment is to honor our parents and this is not some arbitrary listing.  For by keeping Sabbath we honor our Heavenly Father and learn to honor our earthly parents by resting and worshipping together.

            Do not make the mistake I made and miss the wonderful opportunity of enjoying your family and enjoying celebrating God together!

            The cellulites seems to be getting better and I am back to just the usual pains in my feet.   I am so tired of being weary or so weary of being tired.  My mind continues to decline as I find it hard to say the right word I mean to say.  Bonnie and I went on a date at Tangerines since it is very close and they have a wonderful steak teriyaki meal.  The steak is cooked to order and is as good as any steak I have had.  Rebecca is in Birmingham with her friend Elizabeth at a Puddles concert.  God is so good even in the midst of the pain and the struggles I have.